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The decorated Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, who has won 16 Grammys for his work, will be performing many of his greatest hits, stripped down with a five-piece band when he hits the K-Rock Centre stage on June 18, Live Nation announced this morning.

Following his world tour throughout North America, Europe, the U.K., South Africa and Asia last year, the former frontman for The Police will kick off his tour on May 30 in Kelowna, B.C. The only other Canadian stops announced for the tour so far are Victoria, B.C., Kingston and Kitchener.

Tickets for the June show at the K-Rock Centre go on sale Jan. 28 at 10 a.m. Tickets are available at www.livenation.com, www.K-Rockcentre.com, and at the K-Rock Centre box office or by calling 1-877-554-8399. Please visit www.sting.com or www.ticketmaster.ca for complete tour and ticket information.

Sting will be joined by his longtime guitarist Dominic Miller, Vinnie Colaiuta (drums), David Sancious (keyboards), Peter Tickell (electric fiddle) and Jo Lawry (vocals) on the tour.

Sting, whose real name is Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, rose to fame in the late 1970s as a member of The Police, whose hits include Every Breath You Take, Roxanne, Message in a Bottle, Every Little Thing She Does is Magic, King of Pain and Don’t Stand So Close to Me, among others.

The band released five albums, earned six Grammy awards, and in 2003 was inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Since 1985, Sting has released 13 solo albums.

As a solo artist, Sting released such hits as Fields of Gold, If You Love Somebody Set Them Free and All This Time.

His first solo album, 1985’s The Dream of the Blue Turtles, reached Triple Platinum and earned Sting a Grammy nomination.

Sting has sold nearly 100 million albums from his combined work with the Police and as a solo artist and has earned an additional 10 Grammy awards, a Golden Globe, an Emmy, and three Oscar nominations.

Members of the Sting fan club have the opportunity to purchase tickets for many of the concerts in advance of the general public at www.sting.com. For complete tour and ticket information, go online to www.sting.com.

VIP Nation is offering a variety of exclusive packages along the Back to Bass tour that include premium seats, access to soundcheck, a meet-and-greet with Sting, specially designed merchandise, and more. For details, go online to www.sting.com/tour/index/.

The Sting announcement comes a day after The Price Is Right Live was announced for the K-Rock Centre. That show will hit the stage on March 26, with tickets going on sale Jan. 25 at 10 a.m.